Realtek Realtek Gaming GBE Family Controller - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

Realtek Gaming GBE Family Controller is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek. PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_8186&SUBSYS_81AA1019&REV_17 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install Realtek Realtek Gaming GBE Family Controller driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Realtek Gaming GBE Family Controller driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 8.044.0107.2016 released on 2016-01-07.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is started then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be quite straightforward. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by Realtek.
Size of this driver: 521362 bytes (509.14 KB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.9 stars out of 1519 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. How to use DriverMax to install Realtek Realtek Gaming GBE Family Controller driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Realtek Realtek Gaming GBE Family Controller driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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